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BEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, HCEDFOBD, , OUEG ON", WEDNESDAY, MAYjl, 1010. Through the Wall By CLEVELAND MOFFETT Copyright, 1905, by D. Appleton & Co. "Then vcliy did you qunrrcl with llnrtluer.l" dcnituidcd the Juilpe. "llecnuw he wns Interfering with n n-omtin whom 1 did lovo aud would light for." "For God's sake, stop!" whispered flu lawyer. "Then you consider your love for this other woman I presume you mean the filrl nt Notre Dame?" Tea Ton consider your loro for her a fine, pure Ioto In contrast to the other toro?" The other wasn't loro." AS Ilautevlllp listened his frown deepened, his cyeia stow harder. Thata all Tory fine,' ho objected. hnr If yon hated this woman why fiM yon risk prison, and worse, to get tier things? Yon know what you were risking. I suppose?" "Yes. 1 knew." "Why did yoa do Itr Kittredge hesitated. "I did It for ior what she bad been to me. It meant ruin and disgrace for her, and 'well. If she could ask such a thing I could grant It. It was like paying a debt, and I paid mine." The Judge turned to Mrs. Wllmott. "Did yon know that he had ceased to lore you?" Possy Wllmott, with her fine eyes to the floor, answered almost In a whisper. Tea, I knew it" "Do you know what he means by eying that you would hare spoiled bis life and-and all that?" N-not exactly." Ton do know!" cried the American. Ton know I had given you my life in sacred pledge, and yon made a plaything of it You told mo you were unhappy, married to a man you loath ed, a dull brute. But when I offered yon freedom and my lovo you drew back. Wbcn I begged you to leave him and become my wife, with tho law's sanction, yon said no, because I was poor and be was rich. You minted me, but you wanted your lux ury too. Love! What did you know about love? You wanted mo along with your case and pleasures, and you couldn't have me on those terms. No!" "On the whole, I think he's guilty," concluded the Judge an hour later, speaking to Coquenll. "Queer!" muttered tho detective. Ho says be bad three pairs of boots." Coquenll had' drawn two squares of Bblny paper from bis pocket and was studying them with a magnifying Class. Suddenly his face lighted, and ho sprang to his feet "Great God of heaven!" he cried In excitement bis eyes glued to the magnifying glass, bis wholo soul concentrated on those two pieces ot paper, evidently photo graphs. , "What is it? What have you found?" asked tho Judge. "Tho alleyway footprints are not Identical with tho soles of Klttredgo's boots," "But yon said they were. Tho ex perts said they were," "We were mistaken. They are al most identical, but not quite. In shape and slzo they are identical. In tho number and placing of the nails In the heel they are identical. In the -worn places they are Identical, but when you comparo them under the magnifying glass this photograph of the footprints with this ono of the boot soles you sec unmistakable dif ferences in tho scratches on separate nails in the heel, unmistakable differ ences. There aro slight differences In size. In position, in wear. They are not tho samo set of nails. It's im possible. Look for yourself. Com paro uuy two and you'll see that they were never in tho samo pair of boots." "It seems true; it certainly seems true." Uautcvillo grumbled, "but how do you account for It?" Coquenll smiled. "Kittredge told you he hud three pairs of boots. They were machine mado and tho snme size. Ho say 8 ho kept them all going, so they were all worn approximately alike. We havo the pair that ho woro that night and another pair found in his room, but the third pair Is miss ing. It's the third pair of boots that made those alleyway footprints. I think we shall have found Martinez's murderer when we find the man who stole that third pair of boots, unless Kittredge lied when ho told that girl bo had norer suffered with gout or rheumatism." CHAPTER XIII. "raou uioimn vi." 8 part of a day's work M. Paul had taken steps for the finding of the auger dropped into tho Seine by Pussy Wllmott, and the assassin! Besides all this, and more Important. M. Paul had planned a piece of work for Papa Tlgnol when the old man reported for Instructions this same Wednesday mornlug. "Ah. Tlgnol!" he cxdalmed, with n buoyant smile. "It's a fine day, all tho birds are singing, aud we're going to do great things." He rubbed his hands exultautly. "I want you to do a little Job at the note! des Etran gcrs, where Kittredge lived. You are to take a room on the sixth floor if possible and spend your time playing the flute." "Playing the flute!" gasped Tlgnol. "I don't know how to play the flute!" "All the better! Spend your time learning. There is no one who gets so quickly in touch with his neighbors as l man learning to play the flute." "Ah," grinned the other shrewdly, "you're after Information from tho sixth floor! Eb, eh? A droll idea! 111 learn to play the flute!" "Meet me at 0 tonight at, the Three Wise Men aud good luck. I'm off to the Santo." Ho proposed to mako Lloyd walk back and forth several times In a pair of his own boots over soft earth In the prison yard and then show tho im pressions of these new footprints wero different in the pressure marks and probably in the length of strldo from dose left in tho alleyway. This would be farther indication. along with the differences already noted in the nails, that the alleyway footprints were not made by Kittredge. Not made by Kittredge. reflected tho detective, but by a mau wearing Kit tredge's boots, a man wearing tho missing third pair, tho stolen pair. Ah. there was a nut to crack! This man must have stolen the boots, as he had doubtless stolen the pistol, to throw suspicion on an Innocent per son. It wns essential to his purposo that the boots be found In Klttredgo's room. He must have Intended to re turn them. Something quite unfore seen must have prevented him from doing so. What had prevented tho as sassin from returning Klttredgo's boots? As soon as Coquenll reached the prison he was shown into the direct or's private room, and ho noticed that M. Dedct received him with suspicion. "What's the trouble?" ho asked. "Everything. What the devil did you mean by sending that girl to me?" "What did I mean?" repeated Co quenll. "Didn't she tell you what she wanted?" Dedct made no reply, but bo searched among some envelopes and produced a square of faded blotting paper. "There!" ho said. And, with a heavy finger, he pointed to a scrawl of words. There's what she wrote, and you know d well you put her up to itr "I have no Idea what this means," declared CoauenlL' (To Be Continued.) Real values find buyers promptly when advertised for peoplo now adays havo come to "know." A betimes on the morning after that UV dy'o examination n direr began work along the Coiicordo bridge under the guidance of a young detective named Bobct. selected for this duty by M. Paul himself. Another mau was cir culating in and out among friends of .Martinez, whom ho must study one by one until tho false friend had been tUseorered. And nnother thread was hurrying still another man along tho trull of the fascinating Anita, for Co quenll wanted to find out why she had changed her mind that night and what she knew about tho key to tho alley wuy door. Homebody gave that key to Wright's Investment Five-acre orchard tract, ono-half mik from pavement, in full bearing pears and apples, with prune fillers; for a few days nt a bargain price. Fivo acres, small house, close to Kenwood addition, West Mcdford, a good subdivision proposition; $4000, terms. Six-room cottage, now, and ono- half aero fino soil, only ono block from Main and not far out; $2000, $1000 cash, balnnco at G per cent. Fivo-room bungalow, modern, 54x 120-foot lot, 15 fino fruit trees load ed with fruit, only half block from coming pavement; $2050, $000 cash, youn own titmo on balance. Ten acres, fino deep soil, 5 acrce cleared, 3-room house, good well, barn, ono milo from Phoenix; $1000, $800 cash, balance one year at 0 per cent. Ten acres good deep soil, 200 tiers of wood, ono-half milo from Phoo nix; $1000, half cash, balanco ono year nt 0 por cent. Fivo-room cottage, elcctrio light3, sower connections, screen porch; $1250. Fino corner lot, 50x105, ono block from Oakdalo South; for auick sale, $475. Three nico lots, close to Laurel, for ono week nt $305 coch, $125 cash, balance $10 por month. Don't buy an East Side lot before seeing our lots in tho new "Conroy Clancy" addition on East Main. Thoy are just what you want, and the prices aro right. J. BRUCE WRIGHT & CO. 132 West Main. Phone 2691. CONTEMPT CASE 21 YEARS OLD Interesting Paper Duo Up In Court House Flies of Josephine- County Man Cited' Decides Caso In His Own Behalf. (Courier.) Contempt ot court In theso times In considered a serious proposition and tt a person Is summoned to appear before any court and falls to do so they nre Halite- to a heavy penalty. However, such matters wero evident ly not looked upon so seriously 51 years ago In this county, according to the following letter on f Ho In tho county clerk's office and which ex plains Itself: "Leland, Oregon, March 2S, 18R9 To tho Hon. George E. Briggo, Judgo of Probate for Josephine County. "Sir: This Is to Inform you that I will not make my appearance nt court j on tho first Tuesday in March (for It. will not pay to go sparking a man In these wet times). My presence, before your honorable court Is not required any more, and all our for mer proceedings except my taking out letters of administration aro (In tho beautiful Sanguago of the poet) null and void for the following reasons, ' viz: "First. Tho deceased had not lived his time out and, nccordlng to law, the land claimed under tho Donation Act falls to tho heirs. "Second. The probate cotirt has no right to grant an order of sale nor can tho ndmlntstrntor give any tltlo to the land whatever. "Third. Any lawful deed to said land must necessarily, according to the donation act, come from tho holrs , of the deceased, elso If there bo no heirs living It has to escheat to tho . territory. (Therefore our courting Is at an end and no more business to bo j did, except you suo mo for breach of promise.) "There is no news In theso parts worthy of note; It rains or snows all the time and we havo not got In any grain yet. "Respectfully, your obedient serv ant, JAS. H. TWOGOOD." It will be seen by tho above that Mr. Twogood refused to appear boforo the court when cited to do so, and practically tells tho court that It is oft Its base and has no jurisdiction In tho matter at Issue and Indulges In somo levity at the court's expense. There is no further record that any thing was done with Mr. Twogood,; and again it Is possible that he knowj moro about tho caso than tho court I did. In looking over tho old docu- ments In the courthouse somo very Interesting papers come to light. i ClUWMUJClH I1SUK 1 HI WA V HUHI -J Study this out onrot'ully. Loam tho different inus clos and norvon. This will help you to gut a bettor iii ncio rMTtmeit umlorHtiMidlng onso whim of your consulting your optician. Tho oyo is tho nioBt dclicuto and complox organ of th o body, yot no part of tho human system suffora grontor ncgloot, in tho majority of oasos. Some eyes nro dofeotivo from birth, others bocomo dofoativo from strain, overwork aud want of propor onro. Most oasos of 11LIND NESS in old ago nro tho results of neglect in youth and middle ago. Consult DR. GOBLE. Ho has spoilt 15 yoars In this work, during which timo ho has fittod thousands to glasses, rollovlng hoadnoho, nor voub strains, etc. Eleven yoars in Modford. Also enabling many chil dren to continuo in their school work that would othorwiso havo boon compelled to forego tho bonofits of nn education. Wo can duplicate anv Ions mado, repairs of all kinds. Invisible Ri-Focals. Shur-on Eyo Glasscs. Ho has no othor businoss. Mnglo oycglnsa olnarurs froo. DR. GOBLE Optical Parlor 18 West Main St. Hours 8 to 12, I to 6. WAATED Timber and Coal Lands ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING CON TRACTS TAKEN AND ESTIMATES FURNISHED. B. H. Harris & COo MFDFORD - - - - OREGON Office in Jackotm county Bank Upstairs i DRIVERS, that know the country RIGS that cover the country qVIOKIiV AND WITH COMIr.MiT TO yOU AKK AIAVAVH TO HK FOCINII At TIIK I-WMiOW Al DOW INO, I'llOIMlIlOTOUH. 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